Morning journal and courier., 1887-05-19

The interstate commerce law has disturb ed Chinaman, who recently sent the follow ing telegram to a Pacific coast railroad off eia1: 'sI shippee you two carload hog. No catchee pass. Whattee matter. An Pooh. :"
 About two thousand members of the fami- ly of Sands are stirred by the idea that there is fortune of $75, ,000 waiting for them in England. Perhaps some lawyer wants to take vacation which shall include trip 10 England.
 The wear and tear of the gold coinage of Great Britain has brought Parliament to seriously cansider the question of authorizing the issue of one pound notes. It is surpris- ing that the matter has not been seriously thought of before.
 An effort is about to be made to enforce the German law against duelling. Under the sanction of the Oberhaus two members will stand judicial trial for provoking duel, but it is certain to end in acquittal. In 8 recent discussion of this case in the Landtag, Count Schalenburg declared that it was the ancient and inalienable right of the German nobility to decide questions of personal honor at the point of the sword in spite of the fact that duelling was punishable under the penal code, and his declaration met with approval.
 There is good deal in g ton of coal when it is of full weight. Besides gas ton of gas coal will yield 1 ,500 pounds of coke, 20 gallons of ammonia water and 40 pounds of coal tar Destructive distillation of the coal tar gives 69.6 pounds of pitch, IF pounds of creosote, IA pounds of heavy oils, 9.5 pounds of naphtha yellow, 6.3 pounds of naphthaline, 4. 75 pounds of naphthol, .25 of alizarine, 2.4 pounds of solvent naphtha, 1.5 pounds of phenol, 1.2 pounds of aurine, II pounds of analine, orr pound of toludine, O.46 pound of anthracite and 0.9 pound of toluene.
 It's an i'll wind that blows nowhere, as the negro said The printers and type founders have no complaint to make of the inter State commerce law. The law requires that all freight schedules shall be printed in type not smaller than the size called piea. This is size not much used, and never for that purpose. No railroad printer had any of it on hand, and all that the type founders and oeaIeTS III tHpo uau Woulu Aob uoo' oAo- tenth of the demand Therefore all the chief type foundries are at work day and night on pics, and will be kept busy for some time. The work of reprinting all the freight schedules in this type will keep the printers busy, and will cost the railroad companies enormous sums. It is said that some of the great through lines will spend not less than one hundred thousand dollars each for this purpose alone.
 It is about time for another 'boom" in Confederate bonds. It is now four years since committee of the English bondholders was found to labor with Congress and the United States in general to secure 8 settle 1 ment, and their results are embodied in a | cheerful circular recently published in cer- tain English newspapers reporting progress to the holders of the Confederate bonds, and painting glowing prospect for speedy pay ment. The committee are enthusiastic over their success in meeting the "derision and 1 ridicule" which at first met the efforts, and consider that by their endeavors to bring the matter before Congress year ago, and the ripple of discussion oecasioned at the l time, they secured footing of inoalcula-